Amin Brakk BASE Jump: Looks like getting to the Great Tower is almost as hard as climbing it. The Russians got to Islamabad and Skardu okay, but on the way to Kande were stymied by a washed out road. There was no way to get their jeeps across the 30-meter ditch that a torrent of water had carved so they dumped all their gear and ferried it across by rope, piece by piece. Then they crossed themselves and managed to get some cars to drive down from Kande and pick them up on the other side. Just goes to show how the Karakorum is still a very wild, very remote region, and getting to the mountains (K2 and Masherbrum, among others) is also a worthy adventure. Now the Russians are a two day trek from Amin Brakk and the start of their wildass attempt to climb and jump off the Great Tower…



End Of The Road: “Hey, Rozov, what should we ferry across first: your parachute or the vodka…?”